Hello from Holland
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Hi all, my name is Sebastiaan, nearly 19 years old and I live in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
I'm a student shipbuilding in Delft,
I am the proud owner of a Mini Studio 2, build in '91.
Its still fully standard, only an other exhaust system...
plans are first to rebuild the bodywork, whitch is in pretty poor shape, than build an engine with my dad

some pics of the car






Cheers,
Sebastiaan

welcome

are you just freshening up, or going for a whole new look?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Hi

That looks fairly solid. What's it like underneath?

Looks a good motor. Welcome to TM :)

Welcome.

It's in better condition than the one I'm working on !!!

Doesn't the registration plate make it an 87 model though ???

I though European numbering systems were more logic than ours.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

welcome

Hello Sebastiaan!

Welcome to TM!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Hi

In the 13's at last!.. Just

thanks to you all
@ apbellamy, it has only 1 rotten place on the right sill, the bottem is solid
@ Rod S, nope, this one's from '91 ours are also pretty unlogic I'm afraid

I'll post a topic for the Mini in the "show us yours" section

Welcome to TM.

We have a similar car.

Edited by Paul S on 8th Jan, 2009.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

haha, thanks for the warning, I think i'll use only genuine panels :)

Hello en welkome Sebastiaan,
U spreekt hier Engelse beter dan de meeste Engelse mensen op lol.
De de autouitlaat van Nice kijkt koel :)


Edit: little rusty hope that makes sences

Edited by PaulH on 13th Jan, 2009.

All the greats started from a blank canvas welcome.

Own the day

welcome to the site
i though harlem was in new york

Hi Sebastiaan, I think we've met in august last year. I have bought a 998 from your dad and we've lifted into my Mazda 323 Fastbreak. You can see the engine here: http://projects.ferrenzo.nl/2008_08_01_archive.html (start at the bottom and scroll to the top to see the progress)

Regards,

Thimo

Edited by thimo on 13th Jan, 2009.

http://projects.ferrenzo.nl/

Harlem is indeed in New York, Haarlem is in Holland
I bought some chromepolish for the exhaust and some other bits 'n peices, the stuff works really good, much better now :)
@ PaulH, my aunt lives in Hastings, I go to England once or twice per year, so my english isn't really bad

Lol thats great dood I can revert to speking english badly again :)

So, I hadn't been here for a long time, lots of things have changed!
I've sold the Studio 2, and bought a 1991 Carb Cooper 1300!
this ones a bit more crusty, but is a better base though :)
and last week I bought an incomplete Metro Turbo engine, well, all the specific turbo components are there, but the block itself could be a factory refurbished 1275 GT engine...
The turbo is in great nick, also an original Metro Turbo cylinderhead is there and in great shape, looks like it's already ported!

this is my new Cooper, it's one of the few 1300 Carb model Coopers in Holland, this one's actually imported to the Netherlands from Belgium by the last owner!


some pics of the turbo:







The enginenumber, not sure what it is, can't seem to find in on the enginenumber overviews...


Gearbox


cheers, this time from Ghent, Belgium!

hello and welcome

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10)Thou shalt always quest for more power